Gary vs. VSWG (Martin DON'T READ)

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

As an Allied player, I look at PM as an "unsinkable aircraft carrier." [:D]
If allowed to remain in Allied hands, the Japanese player will eventually loose the battle af attrition and then southern NG and Rabaul when all those bombers get based there.
It is more of denial of use to the Allied player rather than use to the Japanese player.

But then the Japanese player will need to deny the Allies Northern OZ to hold onto PM, then Central OZ to hold onto Northern OZ and then Southern OZ to hold onto Central OZ. [:D]

Perhaps I should just surrender now and not wait for turn 2. [:D]

[ny59giants]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

As an Allied player, I look at PM as an "unsinkable aircraft carrier." [:D]
If allowed to remain in Allied hands, the Japanese player will eventually loose the battle af attrition and then southern NG and Rabaul when all those bombers get based there.
It is more of denial of use to the Allied player rather than use to the Japanese player.

But then the Japanese player will need to deny the Allies Northern OZ to hold onto PM, then Central OZ to hold onto Northern OZ and then Southern OZ to hold onto Central OZ. [:D]

Perhaps I should just surrender now and not wait for turn 2. [:D]

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Resistance is futile. [:D]
You will be assimiliated into the Borg.[:D]

If I didn't know better, I would say your "obsessed" with OZ. [X(]

[GaryChildress]

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Resistance is futile. [:D]
You will be assimiliated into the Borg. [:D]

[:D]

[GaryChildress]

Initial landings on the north side (in RL the West side, but who's counting) of Borneo were all successful! Kuching has fallen easily and AF damage is fairly negligible. The base force at Singora is partly deployed as well. Now I just need to figure out what to base on them. I'm hesitant to base Nells in Singora because it's only a level 3 and operational loses are therefore bound to be a little higher. I could base some dive bombers, problem with that is all I have in the area are Army dive bombers, not as good as Navy. Decisions, decisions....


Anyway here's the current situation in Borneo:

[GaryChildress]

Of course all objectives in the PI fell, none of them were defended. If only all bases were like that...[:D]

EDIT: The blasted Brits in Hong Kong held though. Darn those tenacious Brits! Engineers reduced fort levels to 4, however.

[GaryChildress]

Manado is secure, now I desperately need to base some long range bombers on it to cover the landings at Jolo and Kendari. Jolo I'm not so worried about success or failure but Kendari is crucial to cutting off the back door to DEI. Now I sort of wish I had grouped Baby KB at Palau instead of grouping it at Pescadores. Pescadores may be a bit unnecessary now, although I could send Baby KB into the Indian Ocean to do a little hunting.

[ny59giants]

I usually see Sally's based at Singora and eventually about 100 plus plane raids from there or further down on Sing. [:@]
I hate my Buffalo's at Sing b/c they don't do anything. IF I could exchange them for those P-40's that do reasonably well in the PI...[:D]

[ctangus]

Hi,

I'm with veiji1 & ny59giants - I'd rethink going after Port Moresby. I've got a CHS game in late Dec 42 (I'm allied) and really wish I had fought harder to keep PM. I'm starting to nibble away at the empire now, but I'd have a lot more options open if I held Moresby.

B-24s can hit you there, but they'll be unescorted & once you get Tojos & Tonys you can make that expensive. The Solomons would similarly be worthwhile.

My inflated two cents. Good luck

P.S. I like the screenshots. [:)]

[KDonovan]

oh man that Kendari invasion force looks vulnerable. So many allied cruisers, destroyers to get past. I pray for your troops safety

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: KDonovan

oh man that Kendari invasion force looks vulnerable. So many allied cruisers, destroyers to get past. I pray for your troops safety

What's worse there is a lot of AF damage at Manado. I based some Mavis's there in hopes that VSWG will see planes and think I have something deadlier. I'm also purposely holding Baby KB in port to give him some worries as to where it may be. Hopefully he'll guess wrong and stay away. Otherwise Kendari is starting to look like a mistake. If I can pull it off it will be a major coup though. Fingers are crossed.

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: ctangus

Hi,

I'm with veiji1 & ny59giants - I'd rethink going after Port Moresby. I've got a CHS game in late Dec 42 (I'm allied) and really wish I had fought harder to keep PM. I'm starting to nibble away at the empire now, but I'd have a lot more options open if I held Moresby.

B-24s can hit you there, but they'll be unescorted & once you get Tojos & Tonys you can make that expensive. The Solomons would similarly be worthwhile.

My inflated two cents. Good luck

P.S. I like the screenshots. [:)]

I may rethink it. If I can get a crack at some unescorted 4Es it might be worth it but if he gets P-38s to OZ I'll be toast. [:(]

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

I usually see Sally's based at Singora and eventually about 100 plus plane raids from there or further down on Sing. [:@]
I hate my Buffalo's at Sing b/c they don't do anything. IF I could exchange them for those P-40's that do reasonably well in the PI...[:D]

I did base some Sallys at Singora but I set them all on Naval attack for now. Once my troops get to Singapore I'll have bombers pound the place daily to run him down on supplies. He may have gotten PoW and Repulse out safely but if he held them there any longer I may get a crack at them.

[GaryChildress]

Below are the stats as of 12/9/41

[ny59giants]

Where is "BBB??"[&:]


Big Bad Boise!!![&o][&o]

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Where is "BBB??"[&:]


Big Bad Boise!!![&o][&o]

I hope nowhere near Kendari! [:D]

[GaryChildress]

[center]12/10/41

Today's heart palpatation[/center]

I forgot to move KB last turn. So when I saw this I was close to dialing 911.

fortunately the sub went after a destroyer and missed. My destroyers hunted for the sub but came up empty. Needless to say KB is out of there at full speed for the next turn.

[GaryChildress]

Now for the almost good news but didn't quite make it.

Nells out of Kuching found Repulse in Balikpapan. Unfortunately nothing hit home.

[GaryChildress]

Now for the really good news!!

In Balikpapan next to Repulse was Prince of Wales. During the PM air phase more Nells out of Kuching found PoW (the P must stand for Pink of Wales) and kablamo! 2 torpedo hits!

This will help make up a little for the fact that I didn't sink anything at PH.

[GaryChildress]

A peek at CVs in the ship arrival queue. Shinano halted, Shoho, Ryuho and Junyo accelerated. I may accelerate Hiyo and Unyo as well. I'll have to think it over.

[GaryChildress]

[center]Kendari Landings[/center]


Well, everyone was right. Kendari turned out to be a mess. I can only hope to recoup my losses by taking Kendari quick with my ground forces which have landed, and hopefully with minimal AF damage move some Nells in to wreck havoc on VSWG's forces in the area. He pulled everything and the kitchen sink to stop the Kendari landings. The CA Houston, a Dutch CL and two British 'D' class cruisers and supporting DDs made mincemeat out of the bombardment group of 1 CL and 7 DDs I sent in to protect the transports. The transports suffered no losses but the bombardment group was pretty much wiped out save for the CL which escaped virtually unscathed. But I have 7 DDs severaly damaged which probably won't make it back to port. Not a smart move on my part.

BUT...on the potential good news side of things, my recon planes have spotted what looks like two BBs docked at Balikpapan. I have 90% of my Nells based at Kuching set on port attack with Balikpapan targeted in an effort to finish off what I believe is PoW and what may potentially be Repulse beside her (it may be a false report on the second BB but PoW was damaged heavily enough in a prior air raid that I expect it may have laid up in port there for repairs).

[center]Baby KB[/center]

Second big mistake I've made so far. I positioned Baby KB in Pescadores with the hopes of blockading Manila. Now I have it rushing toward Kendari at full speed in order to back up the landings there. I may send it down the Maccasar straight. In any case I should have based Baby KB at Palau. I just wasn't thinking ahead enough.

[center]PM[/center]

I have yet another ambitious plan in motion, which may yet backfire, this time to take PM ahead of Rabaul. I have a transport TF heading parallel to the Solomons from Truk which will turn toward PM as soon as it reaches a favorable junction in the Solomons just south of Rabaul. Behind it will be a second TF containing a base force, construction Bn. and supplies. Backing up the invasion force will be BBs Ise, Hyuga, Nagato, and Mutsu, 1 CL and several DDs which will escort the invasion force in and act as a bombardment force. As soon as I've taken PM and the Bombardment force retreats back to Truk, I'll send about 8 RO class subs to form a blockade of PM to hamper allied bombardment forces from seeking retaliation. Unfortunately there was a mix up in orders at Truk (ie I forgot to move the subs this turn) and the subs will have to follow a little later than anticipated.

Once PM is taken and Rabaul is isolated I'll concentrate on it.

[center]Midway Island[/center]

The South Seas Detachment and a SNLF that participated in the invasion of Wake are gathering for an invasion of Midway just east of Marcos Island. Ahead of them will be the bombardment TF consisting of Aoba, Kako, Furataka, and Kinugasa and 4 DDs. I hope the bombardment TF will soften the Island up enough that the Invasion force won't have much trouble. I expect Midway to be mined at this point and have some MSWs accompanying the transports. I have southerly expansion on the backburner for now as KB will be backing up the Midway affair.

[center]Regrouping of Naval Forces[/center]

I did a lot of regrouping of my naval forces today. I have most all of my MLs headed toward Naha to dock. From there I'll parcel them out to different theatres of opperation. I have all my large AGs either going to Truk or else headed toward Naha as well. I'll be using them when I've lost air superiority to reinforce my forward bases which are within short range of my supply bases. Just about everything else in the home islands, save for most of the AKs at Tokyo and Osaka and a few ASW patrol craft, have been moved about to other locations where I expect to need them.

[center]Palembang[/center]

Next on the invasion list in the SRA is Palembang. I haven't grouped forces yet for it. I have a regiment of infantry planning for it and have the Kongo and Haruna TF ready to do the bombardment.

[center]PI[/center]

The Philippines are going reasonably well. It looks like my adversary has pulled just about everything back to Manila (there are 22 units there according to recon). I'll be sending a bombardment force of 9 CAs and escorting DDs to bombard Lingayen once my forces have reached it in an attempt to soften up his forces there. BBs Fuso and Yamashiro are on a bombardment mission to (whatever the base is named just northwest of Naga). Hopefully they'll soften things up a bit as 16th Division is approaching the base for battle.

That's pretty much all there is to report today. I've finally taken naval casualties. I have three sunken ships now and certainly 7 DDs from Kendari to follow next turn. Unfortunately I haven't punished my foe very much yet. The PH attack didn't go very well and I haven't had a crack at much else in the way of combat ships, mostly just merchies. I have yet to sink one of his subs in the high seas. I sank one in port in Manila and that is it so far.